Postoperative phase
{"Image DocumentName": "Postoperative phase", "Image ImageDescription": "Refer to a tissue viability nurse (or another healthcare professional with tissue viability expertise) for advice on appropriate dressings for the management of surgical wounds that are healing by secondary intention. NOTES FOR PRESENTERS: Key points to raise: Do not use the following to reduce the risk of surgical site infections: topical antimicrobial agents for surgical wounds that are healing by primary intention. Eusol and gauze, or moist cotton gauze or mercuric antiseptic solutions for surgical wounds that are healing by secondary intention. Recommendation in full: As on slide. (1.4.8) Definition: Healing by secondary intention: Occurs when a wound is deliberately left open at the end of an operation because of excessive bacterial contamination, particularly by anaerobes or when there is a risk of devitalised tissue, which leads to infection and delayed healing. It may be sutured within a few days (delayed primary closure), or much later when the wound is clean and granulating (secondary closure), or left to complete healing naturally without the intervention of suturing.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}